University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
#12 Merrimack
Huskies Set To Face #12 Warriors Friday Night
12/2/2022 10:50:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
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»The UConn Huskies return home Friday night following a 3-1 victory over Merrimack Tuesday Night.
» UConn topped the Warriors in both matchups last year, winning 3-2 at the XL center and 6-2 at Lawler Rink in a make up game on a Tuesday night.
» The UConn Huskies enther the matchup with the Warriors ranked 8 in the national polls. This is the highest ranking in program history for the Huskies.
 » This is the Huskies 9th consecutive week in the national polls. This is the first time all season the Huskies have fallen in the rankings
» The Huskies currently sit 11th in the Pairwise Rankings, while Merrimack sits at 8th in the rankings.
» UConn is currently in 1st in Hockey East Standings with 27, while Merrimack sits in 4th place with 18 total points.
» UConn has outscored their opponents this season 54-39. 16 different Huskies have reg[1]istered a Goal to start the season while 19 Huskies have registered at least one point.
» The Huskies special teams continues to be a focus as they have only let in six power play goals all season out of 74 attempts. The Huskies currently rank 3rd in the coun[1]try in penalty kill % with a 92.0% kill trailing only Harvard (96.4%) and Ohio State(92.1%)
» The matchup vs. the No.12 ranked Warriors will be UConn's 5th ranked series this sea[1]son. The Huskeis are currently 4-2-1 vs Ranked opponents this season.
» Sophomore goaltender Logan Terness is currenlty ninth in the nation with a .930% » The Huskies currently sit in first amongst Hockey East Teams in goals scored with 54, followed by Providence(53)
 » Junior Ryan Tverberg currently sits 7th in the nation and tied for 1st in Hockey East with 10 goals scored on the season.
» The Huskies continue to receive contributions from all four lines. The Huskies line of Jake Percival, Hudson Schandor and Ryan Tverberg was one of the Huskies most successful lines this season.
 » Freshman made a huge impact Tuesday night with Samu Salminen and Jake Percival scoring a goal, and Matthew Wood dishing out an assist.
 » Junior Ryan Tverberg currently leads the Huskies with 10 goals on the season.Followed by Chase Bradley with 6 and Matthew Wood with 5 goals.
 » Defenseman Andrew Lucas continues to be a force on both ends of the ice which includes sitting second on the team in points with 12 tied with freshman Matthew Wood
